Erroneous road signs

[okroads]

U.S. 265 in Utah?! (taken 5/27/10)

I was back in Provo this past weekend, and this sign goof has been corrected.

[shoptb1]

With all of the summer work on southbound OH-315 in Columbus, I suppose it was bound to happen sooner or later...315 has become a US highway!  

[US71]

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

With all of the summer work on southbound OH-315 in Columbus, I suppose it was bound to happen sooner or later...315 has become a US highway!  

I like the size of the text on the orange tape jobs through the construction zone there.

CLOSED

[The Premier]

I'm disappointed that SR 315 didn't get exit numbers compared to what they did with SR 8 in Akron.

[Bickendan]

IMO, every state should follow California's lead and number ALL exits. For all practical purposes, Oregon's done this as I've noted exit numbers on OR 34. OR 126 in Springfield's a special case.

[agentsteel53]

IMO, every state should follow California's lead and number ALL exits.

California's about the last state to feature exit numbers! 

[TheStranger]

IMO, every state should follow California's lead and number ALL exits.

California's about the last state to feature exit numbers!  

They may be, but then they're numbering every state-maintained freeway in response, which many other jurisdictions still won't do!

(Now if they'd just add exit numbers to Route 1 north of I-280...which isn't officially a "freeway" despite two interchanges!)

[Rover_0]

U.S. 265 in Utah?! (taken 5/27/10)

I was back in Provo this past weekend, and this sign goof has been corrected.

Well, I did let the signing engineer know about this, so I guess I'm to blame on this one, right?

[okroads]

U.S. 265 in Utah?! (taken 5/27/10)

I was back in Provo this past weekend, and this sign goof has been corrected.

Well, I did let the signing engineer know about this, so I guess I'm to blame on this one, right?

I guess so...

I'm glad I got a picture of it while it was up, though.

[Truvelo]

This isn't an erroneous sign but an erroneous pavement marking.

[xonhulu]

I encountered these signs on the Oregon coast yesterday.  Due to a bridge replacement project on OR 53 just south of US 26, through traffic is detoured on US 101 and US 26.  The detour is extensively signed along these routes, but they are a goofy shape that I have seen on a few contractor-posted detours; here's an example:



The real fun came at the US 101/26 junction, where these two warning signs are confused as to what route types 26 and 101 are:



So naturally, at the same intersection:

[CL]

Oh, my eyes. If there's anything worse than Helvetica on a shield, it's that.

[WillWeaverRVA]

That's really, really ugly. What font IS that?

[joseph1723]

Whoa, that's even worse than the Arial shields I posted a while ago, what font did they use?

[agentsteel53]

that's way better than Helvetica.  It vaguely resembles old Maryland.  Significantly uglier of course, but not nearly as bad as Helvetica.

[CL]

that's way better than Helvetica.  It vaguely resembles old Maryland.  Significantly uglier of course, but not nearly as bad as Helvetica.

Helvetica has class (though it doesn't belong on any road, I agree). That awful font doesn't. Not one penny.

[agentsteel53]

Helvetica has been overused.  That font, if they could keep their stroke width constant, would look decent.

[Scott5114]

That is Franklin Gothic. I have only seen it on one road sign before, naturally furnished by our friends at OTA:


As far as "fonts that aren't the correct ones" go, I'd say it's pretty classy. Classier than Arial and Times New Roman, at least. It used to be used in the logo for "The Late Late Show", and when I was growing up as a kid they used to use it on much of the signage at the grocery store we shopped at.

[RustyK]

I don't have pictures, but I saw 2 while I was in NJ last week:
1. The long-standing black-and-white, Interstate-shaped, route 9 symbol at Exit 29 on the Parkway north.
2. Work on US 1 near New Brunswick routes one of the thru lanes onto an exit, using the parallel frontage road -- the detour signs show NJ 1, in both the north and south directions.

[agentsteel53]

1. The long-standing black-and-white, Interstate-shaped, route 9 symbol at Exit 29 on the Parkway north.

can anyone get a really good detailed closeup of this for the shield gallery?  I once attempted to get a photo but I was driving southbound and the rearward facing shot failed in every way imaginable.

[hbelkins]

can anyone get a really good detailed closeup of this for the shield gallery?  I once attempted to get a photo but I was driving southbound and the rearward facing shot failed in every way imaginable.

I have a halfway decent shot of it, taken back in June. I haven't uploaded my hundreds of pictures from my travels this summer, but once I get them up you are welcome to make use of it.

[agentsteel53]

I have a halfway decent shot of it, taken back in June. I haven't uploaded my hundreds of pictures from my travels this summer, but once I get them up you are welcome to make use of it.

that would be great; thanks!

[D-Dey65]

One more - my favorite. Can anyone guess what it means?

It is on a chain-link fence.

GO OUTSIDE FENCE TO GET SHOT

Did you see my image of the sign at the mini-golf course on Portion Road boasting of "F***king For All Ages?"

[Alex]

1. The long-standing black-and-white, Interstate-shaped, route 9 symbol at Exit 29 on the Parkway north.

can anyone get a really good detailed closeup of this for the shield gallery?  I once attempted to get a photo but I was driving southbound and the rearward facing shot failed in every way imaginable.

Not really erroneous, but definitely not standard, and probably long gone was this wooden sign I video taped in 1997:



Note the two span wire supported light bulbs above the sign too.